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The US has no naval presence in Taiwan. USN ships might do port visits, but they have no basing rights. They will periodically transit the Straits on Freedom of
by greedo 4y ago
The US has no naval presence in Taiwan. USN ships might do port visits, but they have no basing rights. They will periodically transit the Straits on Freedom of Navigation (FON) exercises. The closest USN base is in Yokohama Japan.
- windexh8er 4y agoI don't know if they had any basing rights at the time I was there, but given the USG was delivering weapons (military ships, etc) there was a large presence there at that point in time. I only know that through actual observations while on bases there.
- CapricornNoble 4y agoWe've got amphibious assault assets in Sasebo (Kyushu) and White Beach (Okinawa) but it's true that the bulk of 7th Fleet's major surface combatants are based out of Yokosuka (Yokohama).